Alkene cleavage by white-rot Trametes hirsuta: Inducing enzyme activity by a fungicide

A Rajagopalan, B Seisser, FG Mutti, M Schober…

Index: Rajagopalan, Aashrita; Seisser, Birgit; Mutti, Francesco G.; Schober, Markus; Kroutil, Wolfgang Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2013 , vol. 90, p. 118 - 122

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Abstract

Alkene cleavage is a widely employed oxidation reaction in organic chemistry. An enzyme preparation of the wood degrading fungus Trametes hirsuta is known to cleave the CC double bond adjacent to an aromatic ring to give the corresponding carbonyl compound at the expense of molecular oxygen as the sole oxidant. Lab-grown fungus cultures displayed varied activity and lost their alkene cleavage activity over generations of growth. t- ...